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[RFC] apparmor: Enforce progressively tighter permissions for no_new_privs

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Eric W. Biederman Jan. 20, 2021, 9:26 p.m. UTC
The current understanding of apparmor with respect to no_new_privs is at
odds with how no_new_privs is implemented and understood by the rest of
the kernel.

The documentation of no_new_privs states:
> With ``no_new_privs`` set, ``execve()`` promises not to grant the
> privilege to do anything that could not have been done without the
> execve call.

And reading through the kernel except for apparmor that description
matches what is implemented.

There are two major divergences of apparmor from this definition:
- proc_setattr enforces limitations when no_new_privs are set.
- the limitation is enforced from the apparent time when no_new_privs is
  set instead of guaranteeing that each execve has progressively more
  narrow permissions.

The code in apparmor that attempts to discover the apparmor label at the
point where no_new_privs is set is not robust.  The capture happens a
long time after no_new_privs is set.

Capturing the label at the point where no_new_privs is set is
practically impossible to implement robustly.  Today the rule is struct
cred can only be changed by it's current task.  Today
SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC sets no_new_privs from another thread.  A
robust implementation would require changing something fundamental in
how creds are managed for SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC to be able to
capture the cred at the point it is set.

Futhermore given the consistent documentation and how everything else
implements no_new_privs, not having the permissions get progressively
tighter is a footgun aimed at userspace.  I fully expect it to break any
security sensitive software that uses no_new_privs and was not
deliberately designed and tested against apparmor.

Avoid the questionable and hard to fix implementation and the
potential to confuse userspace by having no_new_privs enforce
progressinvely tighter permissions.

Fixes: 9fcf78cca198 ("apparmor: update domain transitions that are subsets of confinement at nnp")
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
---

I came accross this while examining the places cred_guard_mutex is
used and trying to find a way to make those code paths less insane.

If it would be more pallatable I would not mind removing the
task_no_new_privs test entirely from aa_change_hat and aa_change_profile
as those are not part of exec, so arguably no_new_privs should not care
about them at all.

Can we please get rid of the huge semantic wart and pain in the implementation?

 security/apparmor/domain.c       | 39 ++++----------------------------
 security/apparmor/include/task.h |  4 ----
 security/apparmor/task.c         |  7 ------
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

Comments

Eric W. Biederman Jan. 20, 2021, 9:38 p.m. UTC | #1
This should now Cc the correct email address for James Morris.

ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) writes:

> The current understanding of apparmor with respect to no_new_privs is at
> odds with how no_new_privs is implemented and understood by the rest of
> the kernel.
>
> The documentation of no_new_privs states:
>> With ``no_new_privs`` set, ``execve()`` promises not to grant the
>> privilege to do anything that could not have been done without the
>> execve call.
>
> And reading through the kernel except for apparmor that description
> matches what is implemented.
>
> There are two major divergences of apparmor from this definition:
> - proc_setattr enforces limitations when no_new_privs are set.
> - the limitation is enforced from the apparent time when no_new_privs is
>   set instead of guaranteeing that each execve has progressively more
>   narrow permissions.
>
> The code in apparmor that attempts to discover the apparmor label at the
> point where no_new_privs is set is not robust.  The capture happens a
> long time after no_new_privs is set.
>
> Capturing the label at the point where no_new_privs is set is
> practically impossible to implement robustly.  Today the rule is struct
> cred can only be changed by it's current task.  Today
> SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC sets no_new_privs from another thread.  A
> robust implementation would require changing something fundamental in
> how creds are managed for SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC to be able to
> capture the cred at the point it is set.
>
> Futhermore given the consistent documentation and how everything else
> implements no_new_privs, not having the permissions get progressively
> tighter is a footgun aimed at userspace.  I fully expect it to break any
> security sensitive software that uses no_new_privs and was not
> deliberately designed and tested against apparmor.
>
> Avoid the questionable and hard to fix implementation and the
> potential to confuse userspace by having no_new_privs enforce
> progressinvely tighter permissions.
>
> Fixes: 9fcf78cca198 ("apparmor: update domain transitions that are subsets of confinement at nnp")
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
> ---
>
> I came accross this while examining the places cred_guard_mutex is
> used and trying to find a way to make those code paths less insane.
>
> If it would be more pallatable I would not mind removing the
> task_no_new_privs test entirely from aa_change_hat and aa_change_profile
> as those are not part of exec, so arguably no_new_privs should not care
> about them at all.
>
> Can we please get rid of the huge semantic wart and pain in the implementation?
>
>  security/apparmor/domain.c       | 39 ++++----------------------------
>  security/apparmor/include/task.h |  4 ----
>  security/apparmor/task.c         |  7 ------
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
> index f919ebd042fd..8f77059bf890 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
> +++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
> @@ -869,17 +869,6 @@ int apparmor_bprm_creds_for_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>  
>  	label = aa_get_newest_label(cred_label(bprm->cred));
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
> -	 *
> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
> -	 */
> -	if ((bprm->unsafe & LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS) && !unconfined(label) &&
> -	    !ctx->nnp)
> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
> -
>  	/* buffer freed below, name is pointer into buffer */
>  	buffer = aa_get_buffer(false);
>  	if (!buffer) {
> @@ -915,7 +904,7 @@ int apparmor_bprm_creds_for_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>  	 */
>  	if ((bprm->unsafe & LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS) &&
>  	    !unconfined(label) &&
> -	    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
> +	    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>  		error = -EPERM;
>  		info = "no new privs";
>  		goto audit;
> @@ -1158,16 +1147,6 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>  	label = aa_get_newest_cred_label(cred);
>  	previous = aa_get_newest_label(ctx->previous);
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
> -	 *
> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
> -	 */
> -	if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) && !ctx->nnp)
> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
> -
>  	if (unconfined(label)) {
>  		info = "unconfined can not change_hat";
>  		error = -EPERM;
> @@ -1193,7 +1172,7 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>  		 */
>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>  			error = -EPERM;
> @@ -1214,7 +1193,7 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>  		 */
>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(previous, ctx->nnp)) {
> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(previous, label)) {
>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>  			error = -EPERM;
> @@ -1303,16 +1282,6 @@ int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
>  
>  	label = aa_get_current_label();
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
> -	 *
> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
> -	 */
> -	if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) && !ctx->nnp)
> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
> -
>  	if (!fqname || !*fqname) {
>  		aa_put_label(label);
>  		AA_DEBUG("no profile name");
> @@ -1409,7 +1378,7 @@ int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>  		 */
>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>  			error = -EPERM;
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/task.h b/security/apparmor/include/task.h
> index f13d12373b25..8a9c258e2018 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/include/task.h
> +++ b/security/apparmor/include/task.h
> @@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ static inline struct aa_task_ctx *task_ctx(struct task_struct *task)
>  
>  /*
>   * struct aa_task_ctx - information for current task label change
> - * @nnp: snapshot of label at time of no_new_privs
>   * @onexec: profile to transition to on next exec  (MAY BE NULL)
>   * @previous: profile the task may return to     (MAY BE NULL)
>   * @token: magic value the task must know for returning to @previous_profile
>   */
>  struct aa_task_ctx {
> -	struct aa_label *nnp;
>  	struct aa_label *onexec;
>  	struct aa_label *previous;
>  	u64 token;
> @@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ struct aa_label *aa_get_task_label(struct task_struct *task);
>  static inline void aa_free_task_ctx(struct aa_task_ctx *ctx)
>  {
>  	if (ctx) {
> -		aa_put_label(ctx->nnp);
>  		aa_put_label(ctx->previous);
>  		aa_put_label(ctx->onexec);
>  	}
> @@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ static inline void aa_dup_task_ctx(struct aa_task_ctx *new,
>  				   const struct aa_task_ctx *old)
>  {
>  	*new = *old;
> -	aa_get_label(new->nnp);
>  	aa_get_label(new->previous);
>  	aa_get_label(new->onexec);
>  }
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/task.c b/security/apparmor/task.c
> index d17130ee6795..4b9ec370a171 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/task.c
> +++ b/security/apparmor/task.c
> @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ struct aa_label *aa_get_task_label(struct task_struct *task)
>  int aa_replace_current_label(struct aa_label *label)
>  {
>  	struct aa_label *old = aa_current_raw_label();
> -	struct aa_task_ctx *ctx = task_ctx(current);
>  	struct cred *new;
>  
>  	AA_BUG(!label);
> @@ -56,12 +55,6 @@ int aa_replace_current_label(struct aa_label *label)
>  	if (!new)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	if (ctx->nnp && label_is_stale(ctx->nnp)) {
> -		struct aa_label *tmp = ctx->nnp;
> -
> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_newest_label(tmp);
> -		aa_put_label(tmp);
> -	}
>  	if (unconfined(label) || (labels_ns(old) != labels_ns(label)))
>  		/*
>  		 * if switching to unconfined or a different label namespace
John Johansen Jan. 20, 2021, 10:32 p.m. UTC | #2
On 1/20/21 1:26 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> The current understanding of apparmor with respect to no_new_privs is at
> odds with how no_new_privs is implemented and understood by the rest of
> the kernel.
> 
> The documentation of no_new_privs states:
>> With ``no_new_privs`` set, ``execve()`` promises not to grant the
>> privilege to do anything that could not have been done without the
>> execve call.
> 
> And reading through the kernel except for apparmor that description
> matches what is implemented.
> 

That is not correct.

commit 7b0d0b40cd78 ("selinux: Permit bounded transitions under
    NO_NEW_PRIVS or NOSUID.")

Allows for bound transitions under selinux
and

commit af63f4193f9f selinux: Generalize support for NNP/nosuid SELinux
    domain transitions

goes further and "Decouple NNP/nosuid from SELinux transitions". 

> There are two major divergences of apparmor from this definition:
> - proc_setattr enforces limitations when no_new_privs are set.
> - the limitation is enforced from the apparent time when no_new_privs is
>   set instead of guaranteeing that each execve has progressively more
>   narrow permissions.
> 
> The code in apparmor that attempts to discover the apparmor label at the
> point where no_new_privs is set is not robust.  The capture happens a
> long time after no_new_privs is set.
> 

yes, but that shouldn't matter. As apparmor has not changed its label
at any point between when no_new_privs was set and when the check is
done. AppArmor is attempting to change it label, and if it finds NNP
has been set we capture what the confinement was.

> Capturing the label at the point where no_new_privs is set is
> practically impossible to implement robustly.  Today the rule is struct
> cred can only be changed by it's current task.  Today

right, and apparmor only ever has the task update its own label.

> SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC sets no_new_privs from another thread.  A
> robust implementation would require changing something fundamental in
> how creds are managed for SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC to be able to
> capture the cred at the point it is set.
> 
I am open to supporting something like that.

> Futhermore given the consistent documentation and how everything else
> implements no_new_privs, not having the permissions get progressively

Again see above

> tighter is a footgun aimed at userspace.  I fully expect it to break any

tighter is somewhat relative, nor is it only progressively tighter it
is bounded against the snapshot of the label that was on the task.

> security sensitive software that uses no_new_privs and was not
> deliberately designed and tested against apparmor.
> 

Currently the situation has become either an either or choice between
the LSM and NNP. We are trying to walk a balance. Ideally apparmor
would like to do something similar to selinux and decouple the label
transition from NNP and nosuid via an internal capability, but we
have not gone there yet.

> Avoid the questionable and hard to fix implementation and the
> potential to confuse userspace by having no_new_privs enforce
> progressinvely tighter permissions.
> 

This would completely break several use cases.

> Fixes: 9fcf78cca198 ("apparmor: update domain transitions that are subsets of confinement at nnp")
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
> ---
> 
> I came accross this while examining the places cred_guard_mutex is
> used and trying to find a way to make those code paths less insane.
> 
> If it would be more pallatable I would not mind removing the
> task_no_new_privs test entirely from aa_change_hat and aa_change_profile
> as those are not part of exec, so arguably no_new_privs should not care
> about them at all.
> 
> Can we please get rid of the huge semantic wart and pain in the implementation?
> 
>  security/apparmor/domain.c       | 39 ++++----------------------------
>  security/apparmor/include/task.h |  4 ----
>  security/apparmor/task.c         |  7 ------
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
> index f919ebd042fd..8f77059bf890 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
> +++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
> @@ -869,17 +869,6 @@ int apparmor_bprm_creds_for_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>  
>  	label = aa_get_newest_label(cred_label(bprm->cred));
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
> -	 *
> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
> -	 */
> -	if ((bprm->unsafe & LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS) && !unconfined(label) &&
> -	    !ctx->nnp)
> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
> -
>  	/* buffer freed below, name is pointer into buffer */
>  	buffer = aa_get_buffer(false);
>  	if (!buffer) {
> @@ -915,7 +904,7 @@ int apparmor_bprm_creds_for_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>  	 */
>  	if ((bprm->unsafe & LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS) &&
>  	    !unconfined(label) &&
> -	    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
> +	    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>  		error = -EPERM;
>  		info = "no new privs";
>  		goto audit;
> @@ -1158,16 +1147,6 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>  	label = aa_get_newest_cred_label(cred);
>  	previous = aa_get_newest_label(ctx->previous);
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
> -	 *
> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
> -	 */
> -	if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) && !ctx->nnp)
> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
> -
>  	if (unconfined(label)) {
>  		info = "unconfined can not change_hat";
>  		error = -EPERM;
> @@ -1193,7 +1172,7 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>  		 */
>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>  			error = -EPERM;
> @@ -1214,7 +1193,7 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>  		 */
>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(previous, ctx->nnp)) {
> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(previous, label)) {
>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>  			error = -EPERM;
> @@ -1303,16 +1282,6 @@ int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
>  
>  	label = aa_get_current_label();
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
> -	 *
> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
> -	 */
> -	if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) && !ctx->nnp)
> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
> -
>  	if (!fqname || !*fqname) {
>  		aa_put_label(label);
>  		AA_DEBUG("no profile name");
> @@ -1409,7 +1378,7 @@ int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>  		 */
>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>  			error = -EPERM;
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/task.h b/security/apparmor/include/task.h
> index f13d12373b25..8a9c258e2018 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/include/task.h
> +++ b/security/apparmor/include/task.h
> @@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ static inline struct aa_task_ctx *task_ctx(struct task_struct *task)
>  
>  /*
>   * struct aa_task_ctx - information for current task label change
> - * @nnp: snapshot of label at time of no_new_privs
>   * @onexec: profile to transition to on next exec  (MAY BE NULL)
>   * @previous: profile the task may return to     (MAY BE NULL)
>   * @token: magic value the task must know for returning to @previous_profile
>   */
>  struct aa_task_ctx {
> -	struct aa_label *nnp;
>  	struct aa_label *onexec;
>  	struct aa_label *previous;
>  	u64 token;
> @@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ struct aa_label *aa_get_task_label(struct task_struct *task);
>  static inline void aa_free_task_ctx(struct aa_task_ctx *ctx)
>  {
>  	if (ctx) {
> -		aa_put_label(ctx->nnp);
>  		aa_put_label(ctx->previous);
>  		aa_put_label(ctx->onexec);
>  	}
> @@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ static inline void aa_dup_task_ctx(struct aa_task_ctx *new,
>  				   const struct aa_task_ctx *old)
>  {
>  	*new = *old;
> -	aa_get_label(new->nnp);
>  	aa_get_label(new->previous);
>  	aa_get_label(new->onexec);
>  }
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/task.c b/security/apparmor/task.c
> index d17130ee6795..4b9ec370a171 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/task.c
> +++ b/security/apparmor/task.c
> @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ struct aa_label *aa_get_task_label(struct task_struct *task)
>  int aa_replace_current_label(struct aa_label *label)
>  {
>  	struct aa_label *old = aa_current_raw_label();
> -	struct aa_task_ctx *ctx = task_ctx(current);
>  	struct cred *new;
>  
>  	AA_BUG(!label);
> @@ -56,12 +55,6 @@ int aa_replace_current_label(struct aa_label *label)
>  	if (!new)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	if (ctx->nnp && label_is_stale(ctx->nnp)) {
> -		struct aa_label *tmp = ctx->nnp;
> -
> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_newest_label(tmp);
> -		aa_put_label(tmp);
> -	}
>  	if (unconfined(label) || (labels_ns(old) != labels_ns(label)))
>  		/*
>  		 * if switching to unconfined or a different label namespace
>
Eric W. Biederman Jan. 20, 2021, 10:56 p.m. UTC | #3
TL;DR ????selinux and apparmor ignore no_new_privs????

What?????


John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com> writes:

> On 1/20/21 1:26 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> 
>> The current understanding of apparmor with respect to no_new_privs is at
>> odds with how no_new_privs is implemented and understood by the rest of
>> the kernel.
>> 
>> The documentation of no_new_privs states:
>>> With ``no_new_privs`` set, ``execve()`` promises not to grant the
>>> privilege to do anything that could not have been done without the
>>> execve call.
>> 
>> And reading through the kernel except for apparmor that description
>> matches what is implemented.
>> 
>
> That is not correct.
>
> commit 7b0d0b40cd78 ("selinux: Permit bounded transitions under
>     NO_NEW_PRIVS or NOSUID.")
>
> Allows for bound transitions under selinux
> and

As I understand a bound transition it is a transition to a state with
a set of permissions that are a subset of what was previously held.
Which is consistent with the mandate of no_new_privs.

> commit af63f4193f9f selinux: Generalize support for NNP/nosuid SELinux
>     domain transitions
>
> goes further and "Decouple NNP/nosuid from SELinux transitions".

Yes.  Looking at that commit I do see that selinux appears to be
deliberately ignoring no_new_privs in specific cases.

WTF.

>> There are two major divergences of apparmor from this definition:
>> - proc_setattr enforces limitations when no_new_privs are set.
>> - the limitation is enforced from the apparent time when no_new_privs is
>>   set instead of guaranteeing that each execve has progressively more
>>   narrow permissions.
>> 
>> The code in apparmor that attempts to discover the apparmor label at the
>> point where no_new_privs is set is not robust.  The capture happens a
>> long time after no_new_privs is set.
>> 
>
> yes, but that shouldn't matter. As apparmor has not changed its label
> at any point between when no_new_privs was set and when the check is
> done. AppArmor is attempting to change it label, and if it finds NNP
> has been set we capture what the confinement was.
>
>> Capturing the label at the point where no_new_privs is set is
>> practically impossible to implement robustly.  Today the rule is struct
>> cred can only be changed by it's current task.  Today
>
> right, and apparmor only ever has the task update its own label.
>
>> SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC sets no_new_privs from another thread.  A
>> robust implementation would require changing something fundamental in
>> how creds are managed for SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC to be able to
>> capture the cred at the point it is set.
>> 
> I am open to supporting something like that.

I can't see how it would be possible to be robust without completely
changing the locking.  Locking that right now in a simpler model we have
not figured out how to make obviously correct.

>> Futhermore given the consistent documentation and how everything else
>> implements no_new_privs, not having the permissions get progressively
>
> Again see above

Except where selinux deliberately ignores no_new_privs this is
consitent.

>> tighter is a footgun aimed at userspace.  I fully expect it to break any
>
> tighter is somewhat relative, nor is it only progressively tighter it
> is bounded against the snapshot of the label that was on the task.

Which is the BUG I am reporting.  It should be progressingly tighter.

>> security sensitive software that uses no_new_privs and was not
>> deliberately designed and tested against apparmor.
>> 
>
> Currently the situation has become either an either or choice between
> the LSM and NNP. We are trying to walk a balance. Ideally apparmor
> would like to do something similar to selinux and decouple the label
> transition from NNP and nosuid via an internal capability, but we
> have not gone there yet.

Why do you need to escape no_new_privs.  Why does anyone need to escape
no_new_privs?

>> Avoid the questionable and hard to fix implementation and the
>> potential to confuse userspace by having no_new_privs enforce
>> progressinvely tighter permissions.
>> 
>
> This would completely break several use cases.

Enforcing no_new_privs as documented would break userspace?

Isn't the opposite true that you are breaking people by not enforcing
it?

>> Fixes: 9fcf78cca198 ("apparmor: update domain transitions that are subsets of confinement at nnp")
>> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
>> ---
>> 
>> I came accross this while examining the places cred_guard_mutex is
>> used and trying to find a way to make those code paths less insane.
>> 
>> If it would be more pallatable I would not mind removing the
>> task_no_new_privs test entirely from aa_change_hat and aa_change_profile
>> as those are not part of exec, so arguably no_new_privs should not care
>> about them at all.
>> 
>> Can we please get rid of the huge semantic wart and pain in the implementation?
>> 
>>  security/apparmor/domain.c       | 39 ++++----------------------------
>>  security/apparmor/include/task.h |  4 ----
>>  security/apparmor/task.c         |  7 ------
>>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
>> index f919ebd042fd..8f77059bf890 100644
>> --- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
>> +++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
>> @@ -869,17 +869,6 @@ int apparmor_bprm_creds_for_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>>  
>>  	label = aa_get_newest_label(cred_label(bprm->cred));
>>  
>> -	/*
>> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
>> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
>> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
>> -	 *
>> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
>> -	 */
>> -	if ((bprm->unsafe & LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS) && !unconfined(label) &&
>> -	    !ctx->nnp)
>> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
>> -
>>  	/* buffer freed below, name is pointer into buffer */
>>  	buffer = aa_get_buffer(false);
>>  	if (!buffer) {
>> @@ -915,7 +904,7 @@ int apparmor_bprm_creds_for_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>>  	 */
>>  	if ((bprm->unsafe & LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS) &&
>>  	    !unconfined(label) &&
>> -	    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
>> +	    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>>  		error = -EPERM;
>>  		info = "no new privs";
>>  		goto audit;
>> @@ -1158,16 +1147,6 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>>  	label = aa_get_newest_cred_label(cred);
>>  	previous = aa_get_newest_label(ctx->previous);
>>  
>> -	/*
>> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
>> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
>> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
>> -	 *
>> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
>> -	 */
>> -	if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) && !ctx->nnp)
>> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
>> -
>>  	if (unconfined(label)) {
>>  		info = "unconfined can not change_hat";
>>  		error = -EPERM;
>> @@ -1193,7 +1172,7 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>>  		 */
>>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
>> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
>> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>>  			error = -EPERM;
>> @@ -1214,7 +1193,7 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>>  		 */
>>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
>> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(previous, ctx->nnp)) {
>> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(previous, label)) {
>>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>>  			error = -EPERM;
>> @@ -1303,16 +1282,6 @@ int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
>>  
>>  	label = aa_get_current_label();
>>  
>> -	/*
>> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
>> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
>> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
>> -	 *
>> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
>> -	 */
>> -	if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) && !ctx->nnp)
>> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
>> -
>>  	if (!fqname || !*fqname) {
>>  		aa_put_label(label);
>>  		AA_DEBUG("no profile name");
>> @@ -1409,7 +1378,7 @@ int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
>>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>>  		 */
>>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
>> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
>> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>>  			error = -EPERM;
>> diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/task.h b/security/apparmor/include/task.h
>> index f13d12373b25..8a9c258e2018 100644
>> --- a/security/apparmor/include/task.h
>> +++ b/security/apparmor/include/task.h
>> @@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ static inline struct aa_task_ctx *task_ctx(struct task_struct *task)
>>  
>>  /*
>>   * struct aa_task_ctx - information for current task label change
>> - * @nnp: snapshot of label at time of no_new_privs
>>   * @onexec: profile to transition to on next exec  (MAY BE NULL)
>>   * @previous: profile the task may return to     (MAY BE NULL)
>>   * @token: magic value the task must know for returning to @previous_profile
>>   */
>>  struct aa_task_ctx {
>> -	struct aa_label *nnp;
>>  	struct aa_label *onexec;
>>  	struct aa_label *previous;
>>  	u64 token;
>> @@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ struct aa_label *aa_get_task_label(struct task_struct *task);
>>  static inline void aa_free_task_ctx(struct aa_task_ctx *ctx)
>>  {
>>  	if (ctx) {
>> -		aa_put_label(ctx->nnp);
>>  		aa_put_label(ctx->previous);
>>  		aa_put_label(ctx->onexec);
>>  	}
>> @@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ static inline void aa_dup_task_ctx(struct aa_task_ctx *new,
>>  				   const struct aa_task_ctx *old)
>>  {
>>  	*new = *old;
>> -	aa_get_label(new->nnp);
>>  	aa_get_label(new->previous);
>>  	aa_get_label(new->onexec);
>>  }
>> diff --git a/security/apparmor/task.c b/security/apparmor/task.c
>> index d17130ee6795..4b9ec370a171 100644
>> --- a/security/apparmor/task.c
>> +++ b/security/apparmor/task.c
>> @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ struct aa_label *aa_get_task_label(struct task_struct *task)
>>  int aa_replace_current_label(struct aa_label *label)
>>  {
>>  	struct aa_label *old = aa_current_raw_label();
>> -	struct aa_task_ctx *ctx = task_ctx(current);
>>  	struct cred *new;
>>  
>>  	AA_BUG(!label);
>> @@ -56,12 +55,6 @@ int aa_replace_current_label(struct aa_label *label)
>>  	if (!new)
>>  		return -ENOMEM;
>>  
>> -	if (ctx->nnp && label_is_stale(ctx->nnp)) {
>> -		struct aa_label *tmp = ctx->nnp;
>> -
>> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_newest_label(tmp);
>> -		aa_put_label(tmp);
>> -	}
>>  	if (unconfined(label) || (labels_ns(old) != labels_ns(label)))
>>  		/*
>>  		 * if switching to unconfined or a different label namespace
>> 

Eric
John Johansen Jan. 20, 2021, 11:05 p.m. UTC | #4
On 1/20/21 2:56 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> TL;DR ????selinux and apparmor ignore no_new_privs????
> 
> What?????
> 

AppArmor does not ignore no_new_privs. Its mediation is bounded
and it doesn't grant anything that wasn't allowed when NNP was
set.


> 
> John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com> writes:
> 
>> On 1/20/21 1:26 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>>
>>> The current understanding of apparmor with respect to no_new_privs is at
>>> odds with how no_new_privs is implemented and understood by the rest of
>>> the kernel.
>>>
>>> The documentation of no_new_privs states:
>>>> With ``no_new_privs`` set, ``execve()`` promises not to grant the
>>>> privilege to do anything that could not have been done without the
>>>> execve call.
>>>
>>> And reading through the kernel except for apparmor that description
>>> matches what is implemented.
>>>
>>
>> That is not correct.
>>
>> commit 7b0d0b40cd78 ("selinux: Permit bounded transitions under
>>     NO_NEW_PRIVS or NOSUID.")
>>
>> Allows for bound transitions under selinux
>> and
> 
> As I understand a bound transition it is a transition to a state with
> a set of permissions that are a subset of what was previously held.
> Which is consistent with the mandate of no_new_privs.
> 
>> commit af63f4193f9f selinux: Generalize support for NNP/nosuid SELinux
>>     domain transitions
>>
>> goes further and "Decouple NNP/nosuid from SELinux transitions".
> 
> Yes.  Looking at that commit I do see that selinux appears to be
> deliberately ignoring no_new_privs in specific cases.
> 
> WTF.
> 
>>> There are two major divergences of apparmor from this definition:
>>> - proc_setattr enforces limitations when no_new_privs are set.
>>> - the limitation is enforced from the apparent time when no_new_privs is
>>>   set instead of guaranteeing that each execve has progressively more
>>>   narrow permissions.
>>>
>>> The code in apparmor that attempts to discover the apparmor label at the
>>> point where no_new_privs is set is not robust.  The capture happens a
>>> long time after no_new_privs is set.
>>>
>>
>> yes, but that shouldn't matter. As apparmor has not changed its label
>> at any point between when no_new_privs was set and when the check is
>> done. AppArmor is attempting to change it label, and if it finds NNP
>> has been set we capture what the confinement was.
>>
>>> Capturing the label at the point where no_new_privs is set is
>>> practically impossible to implement robustly.  Today the rule is struct
>>> cred can only be changed by it's current task.  Today
>>
>> right, and apparmor only ever has the task update its own label.
>>
>>> SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC sets no_new_privs from another thread.  A
>>> robust implementation would require changing something fundamental in
>>> how creds are managed for SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC to be able to
>>> capture the cred at the point it is set.
>>>
>> I am open to supporting something like that.
> 
> I can't see how it would be possible to be robust without completely
> changing the locking.  Locking that right now in a simpler model we have
> not figured out how to make obviously correct.
> 
>>> Futhermore given the consistent documentation and how everything else
>>> implements no_new_privs, not having the permissions get progressively
>>
>> Again see above
> 
> Except where selinux deliberately ignores no_new_privs this is
> consitent.
> 
>>> tighter is a footgun aimed at userspace.  I fully expect it to break any
>>
>> tighter is somewhat relative, nor is it only progressively tighter it
>> is bounded against the snapshot of the label that was on the task.
> 
> Which is the BUG I am reporting.  It should be progressingly tighter.
> 
>>> security sensitive software that uses no_new_privs and was not
>>> deliberately designed and tested against apparmor.
>>>
>>
>> Currently the situation has become either an either or choice between
>> the LSM and NNP. We are trying to walk a balance. Ideally apparmor
>> would like to do something similar to selinux and decouple the label
>> transition from NNP and nosuid via an internal capability, but we
>> have not gone there yet.
> 
> Why do you need to escape no_new_privs.  Why does anyone need to escape
> no_new_privs?
> 
>>> Avoid the questionable and hard to fix implementation and the
>>> potential to confuse userspace by having no_new_privs enforce
>>> progressinvely tighter permissions.
>>>
>>
>> This would completely break several use cases.
> 
> Enforcing no_new_privs as documented would break userspace?
> 
> Isn't the opposite true that you are breaking people by not enforcing
> it?
> 
>>> Fixes: 9fcf78cca198 ("apparmor: update domain transitions that are subsets of confinement at nnp")
>>> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> I came accross this while examining the places cred_guard_mutex is
>>> used and trying to find a way to make those code paths less insane.
>>>
>>> If it would be more pallatable I would not mind removing the
>>> task_no_new_privs test entirely from aa_change_hat and aa_change_profile
>>> as those are not part of exec, so arguably no_new_privs should not care
>>> about them at all.
>>>
>>> Can we please get rid of the huge semantic wart and pain in the implementation?
>>>
>>>  security/apparmor/domain.c       | 39 ++++----------------------------
>>>  security/apparmor/include/task.h |  4 ----
>>>  security/apparmor/task.c         |  7 ------
>>>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
>>> index f919ebd042fd..8f77059bf890 100644
>>> --- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
>>> +++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
>>> @@ -869,17 +869,6 @@ int apparmor_bprm_creds_for_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>>>  
>>>  	label = aa_get_newest_label(cred_label(bprm->cred));
>>>  
>>> -	/*
>>> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
>>> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
>>> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
>>> -	 *
>>> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
>>> -	 */
>>> -	if ((bprm->unsafe & LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS) && !unconfined(label) &&
>>> -	    !ctx->nnp)
>>> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
>>> -
>>>  	/* buffer freed below, name is pointer into buffer */
>>>  	buffer = aa_get_buffer(false);
>>>  	if (!buffer) {
>>> @@ -915,7 +904,7 @@ int apparmor_bprm_creds_for_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>>>  	 */
>>>  	if ((bprm->unsafe & LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS) &&
>>>  	    !unconfined(label) &&
>>> -	    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
>>> +	    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>>>  		error = -EPERM;
>>>  		info = "no new privs";
>>>  		goto audit;
>>> @@ -1158,16 +1147,6 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>>>  	label = aa_get_newest_cred_label(cred);
>>>  	previous = aa_get_newest_label(ctx->previous);
>>>  
>>> -	/*
>>> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
>>> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
>>> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
>>> -	 *
>>> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
>>> -	 */
>>> -	if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) && !ctx->nnp)
>>> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
>>> -
>>>  	if (unconfined(label)) {
>>>  		info = "unconfined can not change_hat";
>>>  		error = -EPERM;
>>> @@ -1193,7 +1172,7 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>>>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>>>  		 */
>>>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
>>> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
>>> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>>>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>>>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>>>  			error = -EPERM;
>>> @@ -1214,7 +1193,7 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
>>>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>>>  		 */
>>>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
>>> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(previous, ctx->nnp)) {
>>> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(previous, label)) {
>>>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>>>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>>>  			error = -EPERM;
>>> @@ -1303,16 +1282,6 @@ int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
>>>  
>>>  	label = aa_get_current_label();
>>>  
>>> -	/*
>>> -	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
>>> -	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
>>> -	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
>>> -	 *
>>> -	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
>>> -	 */
>>> -	if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) && !ctx->nnp)
>>> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
>>> -
>>>  	if (!fqname || !*fqname) {
>>>  		aa_put_label(label);
>>>  		AA_DEBUG("no profile name");
>>> @@ -1409,7 +1378,7 @@ int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
>>>  		 * reduce restrictions.
>>>  		 */
>>>  		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
>>> -		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
>>> +		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
>>>  			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
>>>  			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
>>>  			error = -EPERM;
>>> diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/task.h b/security/apparmor/include/task.h
>>> index f13d12373b25..8a9c258e2018 100644
>>> --- a/security/apparmor/include/task.h
>>> +++ b/security/apparmor/include/task.h
>>> @@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ static inline struct aa_task_ctx *task_ctx(struct task_struct *task)
>>>  
>>>  /*
>>>   * struct aa_task_ctx - information for current task label change
>>> - * @nnp: snapshot of label at time of no_new_privs
>>>   * @onexec: profile to transition to on next exec  (MAY BE NULL)
>>>   * @previous: profile the task may return to     (MAY BE NULL)
>>>   * @token: magic value the task must know for returning to @previous_profile
>>>   */
>>>  struct aa_task_ctx {
>>> -	struct aa_label *nnp;
>>>  	struct aa_label *onexec;
>>>  	struct aa_label *previous;
>>>  	u64 token;
>>> @@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ struct aa_label *aa_get_task_label(struct task_struct *task);
>>>  static inline void aa_free_task_ctx(struct aa_task_ctx *ctx)
>>>  {
>>>  	if (ctx) {
>>> -		aa_put_label(ctx->nnp);
>>>  		aa_put_label(ctx->previous);
>>>  		aa_put_label(ctx->onexec);
>>>  	}
>>> @@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ static inline void aa_dup_task_ctx(struct aa_task_ctx *new,
>>>  				   const struct aa_task_ctx *old)
>>>  {
>>>  	*new = *old;
>>> -	aa_get_label(new->nnp);
>>>  	aa_get_label(new->previous);
>>>  	aa_get_label(new->onexec);
>>>  }
>>> diff --git a/security/apparmor/task.c b/security/apparmor/task.c
>>> index d17130ee6795..4b9ec370a171 100644
>>> --- a/security/apparmor/task.c
>>> +++ b/security/apparmor/task.c
>>> @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ struct aa_label *aa_get_task_label(struct task_struct *task)
>>>  int aa_replace_current_label(struct aa_label *label)
>>>  {
>>>  	struct aa_label *old = aa_current_raw_label();
>>> -	struct aa_task_ctx *ctx = task_ctx(current);
>>>  	struct cred *new;
>>>  
>>>  	AA_BUG(!label);
>>> @@ -56,12 +55,6 @@ int aa_replace_current_label(struct aa_label *label)
>>>  	if (!new)
>>>  		return -ENOMEM;
>>>  
>>> -	if (ctx->nnp && label_is_stale(ctx->nnp)) {
>>> -		struct aa_label *tmp = ctx->nnp;
>>> -
>>> -		ctx->nnp = aa_get_newest_label(tmp);
>>> -		aa_put_label(tmp);
>>> -	}
>>>  	if (unconfined(label) || (labels_ns(old) != labels_ns(label)))
>>>  		/*
>>>  		 * if switching to unconfined or a different label namespace
>>>
> 
> Eric
>
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
index f919ebd042fd..8f77059bf890 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
@@ -869,17 +869,6 @@  int apparmor_bprm_creds_for_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 
 	label = aa_get_newest_label(cred_label(bprm->cred));
 
-	/*
-	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
-	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
-	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
-	 *
-	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
-	 */
-	if ((bprm->unsafe & LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS) && !unconfined(label) &&
-	    !ctx->nnp)
-		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
-
 	/* buffer freed below, name is pointer into buffer */
 	buffer = aa_get_buffer(false);
 	if (!buffer) {
@@ -915,7 +904,7 @@  int apparmor_bprm_creds_for_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	 */
 	if ((bprm->unsafe & LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS) &&
 	    !unconfined(label) &&
-	    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
+	    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
 		error = -EPERM;
 		info = "no new privs";
 		goto audit;
@@ -1158,16 +1147,6 @@  int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
 	label = aa_get_newest_cred_label(cred);
 	previous = aa_get_newest_label(ctx->previous);
 
-	/*
-	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
-	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
-	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
-	 *
-	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
-	 */
-	if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) && !ctx->nnp)
-		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
-
 	if (unconfined(label)) {
 		info = "unconfined can not change_hat";
 		error = -EPERM;
@@ -1193,7 +1172,7 @@  int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
 		 * reduce restrictions.
 		 */
 		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
-		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
+		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
 			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
 			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
 			error = -EPERM;
@@ -1214,7 +1193,7 @@  int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, int flags)
 		 * reduce restrictions.
 		 */
 		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
-		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(previous, ctx->nnp)) {
+		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(previous, label)) {
 			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
 			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
 			error = -EPERM;
@@ -1303,16 +1282,6 @@  int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
 
 	label = aa_get_current_label();
 
-	/*
-	 * Detect no new privs being set, and store the label it
-	 * occurred under. Ideally this would happen when nnp
-	 * is set but there isn't a good way to do that yet.
-	 *
-	 * Testing for unconfined must be done before the subset test
-	 */
-	if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) && !ctx->nnp)
-		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
-
 	if (!fqname || !*fqname) {
 		aa_put_label(label);
 		AA_DEBUG("no profile name");
@@ -1409,7 +1378,7 @@  int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
 		 * reduce restrictions.
 		 */
 		if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(label) &&
-		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, ctx->nnp)) {
+		    !aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(new, label)) {
 			/* not an apparmor denial per se, so don't log it */
 			AA_DEBUG("no_new_privs - change_hat denied");
 			error = -EPERM;
diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/task.h b/security/apparmor/include/task.h
index f13d12373b25..8a9c258e2018 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/task.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/task.h
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@  static inline struct aa_task_ctx *task_ctx(struct task_struct *task)
 
 /*
  * struct aa_task_ctx - information for current task label change
- * @nnp: snapshot of label at time of no_new_privs
  * @onexec: profile to transition to on next exec  (MAY BE NULL)
  * @previous: profile the task may return to     (MAY BE NULL)
  * @token: magic value the task must know for returning to @previous_profile
  */
 struct aa_task_ctx {
-	struct aa_label *nnp;
 	struct aa_label *onexec;
 	struct aa_label *previous;
 	u64 token;
@@ -42,7 +40,6 @@  struct aa_label *aa_get_task_label(struct task_struct *task);
 static inline void aa_free_task_ctx(struct aa_task_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	if (ctx) {
-		aa_put_label(ctx->nnp);
 		aa_put_label(ctx->previous);
 		aa_put_label(ctx->onexec);
 	}
@@ -57,7 +54,6 @@  static inline void aa_dup_task_ctx(struct aa_task_ctx *new,
 				   const struct aa_task_ctx *old)
 {
 	*new = *old;
-	aa_get_label(new->nnp);
 	aa_get_label(new->previous);
 	aa_get_label(new->onexec);
 }
diff --git a/security/apparmor/task.c b/security/apparmor/task.c
index d17130ee6795..4b9ec370a171 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/task.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/task.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@  struct aa_label *aa_get_task_label(struct task_struct *task)
 int aa_replace_current_label(struct aa_label *label)
 {
 	struct aa_label *old = aa_current_raw_label();
-	struct aa_task_ctx *ctx = task_ctx(current);
 	struct cred *new;
 
 	AA_BUG(!label);
@@ -56,12 +55,6 @@  int aa_replace_current_label(struct aa_label *label)
 	if (!new)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (ctx->nnp && label_is_stale(ctx->nnp)) {
-		struct aa_label *tmp = ctx->nnp;
-
-		ctx->nnp = aa_get_newest_label(tmp);
-		aa_put_label(tmp);
-	}
 	if (unconfined(label) || (labels_ns(old) != labels_ns(label)))
 		/*
 		 * if switching to unconfined or a different label namespace